Validation of the short form of the career development inventory with an Iranian high school sample
Abstract
A short 33-item form of the Career Development Inventory was validated on a sample of 310 Iranian high school students. Factor analysis indicated that attitude and cognitive subscale items loaded on their respective factors, and that internal reliability coefficients at all levels were satisfactory to good. Support for validity was demonstrated by associations in the expected direction for career decidedness and career decision-making self-efficacy. This short form of the inventory shows promise as a measure of career maturity with students from a non-Western country.
Journal Title
International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance
Volume
11
Copyright Statement
© 2011 Springer Netherlands. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com
Subject
Personality, Abilities and Assessment
Education Systems
Specialist Studies in Education
Psychology